PUBLISHED: 6 Mar 2024 at 05 :44
The National Anti-Corruption Commission ( NACC ) has made a decision to take over the investigation into the alleged involvement of deputy national police chief Pol Gen Surachate Hakparn and four other parties in a major online gambling network that was earlier investigated.
The solution was approved by the agency’s majority vote at its meeting on Monday, and it was made public on Tuesday.
The NACC may look into the Pol Col Phakphum event for inspection as well because the situation is closely related to another research in which Pol Col Phakphum Phitsamai, a assistant chief investigator at Provincial Police Region 4, and seven other parties are accused of being connected to the same online gambling network, according to the NACC.
Due to the fact that Pol Col Phakphum is not a high-level state official that the NACC has the authority to investigate alleged wrongdoing or another misconduct, the NACC added, it had formerly turned down a request from the Cyber Crime Investigation Bureau to look into the next event.
However, according to the NACC, on December 27, police authorities submitted a letter to the NACC claiming that Pol Gen Surachate and four other events were connected to gifts received from the online gaming community, which has resulted in money-laundering charges being brought against them.
The police investigation staff inquired in a letter on February 2 about whether the NACC would consent to hear the Pol Gen Surachate circumstance, which prompted the organization to hold a meeting, according to the letter.
However, the NACC has the power to choose freely whether or not to research these cases, according to Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat Pankaew, deputy director of the Central Investigation Bureau. Police investigators you also look into associated legal factors, including the money trail of the online gambling system, which could lead to more defendants being named and detained, he said, despite the NACC having handled both instances.
He noted that some of these offenders might be senior officers officers.
Pol Gen Surachate was one of five suspects facing a NACC investigation in connection with the online gaming ring, according to Pol Maj Gen Charoonkiat earlier this month, prompting the latter to come ahead and refute the incident.